Monkey Business celebrates mischief and carefree fun.
Brice Reignier . Margriet Kruger . Wilna Combrinck
In the wild, there are many different animals:
Big and small, fast and slow.
But every animal has a part to play.
Elephants have long noses
called trunks that sniff out
water. They can find a drink
even when it’s hard to see.
And when they do,
they trumpet to
their friends:
toot-toot!
Rhinos like routine.
They follow the same paths
again and again,
and make wide trails as they crash through the Bush.
Hippos love to eat sweet, green grass,
and lots of it.
Munch-munch-munch.
They keep the grass next to the river
short so the water is easier to reach.
But what about monkeys?
Oh, monkeys have an
especially important job.
From sunrise to sunset,
they’re on the go –
climbing, tumbling
and searching for food.
Monkeys dangle by
their feet from trees,
looking at the world
upside-down.
They swing
from branch to
branch in groups of
two, three and four
at a time.
What fun!
Mama monkeys can do it all with
a baby clinging to the belly.
What do the little ones see from
down there?
When they want to
snack, monkeys
pick a flea
straight from a
chommie’s back.
And when they’re hot and tired, they
cannonball
into the water.
What’s the important job
that monkeys have?
They play all day.
And that’s hard work.
